Open-mesh bag



Aug. 30, 1938. J. E. MlLLETT 2,128,658

OPEN-MESH BAG Filed April 13, 1956 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 30, 1938 UNITED STATES 2,128,658 OPEN-MESH BAG John E. Millett, Grand Rapids, Mich., assignor to Grand Mich.

Rapids Fibre Cord 00.,

Grand Rapids,

Application April 13, 1936, Serial No. 74,075

1 Claim.

This invention relates to openmesh bags for packaging and vending produce such as potatoes. onions and the like. It has been found that such produce may be most satisfactorily displayed and 8 sold in open mesh bags. In using such a bag which fully displays the produce therein and, provides satisfactory ventilation, it has been difiicult to amx a trademark or other legend which can be clearly seen and recognized without eliminatmg the open mesh so as to prevent the full and complete display of the produce in the bag.

The objects of this invention are:

First, to produce such a bag on which the trademark or legend may be satisfactorily displayed without concealing the produce in the bag and without interfering withthe ventilation thereof.

Second, to'produee such a bag in which a band or area of open mesh relatively finer than the open mesh of the main body of the bag is provided for the printing of the legend or trademark. Third, to provide such a bag in which the finer mesh area or band is of a contrasting color.

Fourth, to provide a method of conveniently and inexpensively producing such an open mesh Further objects and advantages pertaining-t0 details and economies of construction and operation will definitely appear from the description to follow. A preferred embodiment of my, invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a broken elevation view of a bag embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of a portion of the bag shown in Fig. 1. ml'igiii is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of The bag I is formed of open mesh material 2. This material is preferably formed of strands of sulphite kraft stock twisted and woven to form the material of which the bag is formed. The main body portion I of the bag is formed of these paper strands, the warp strands being shown at l and the weft strands at 5. I have found that a most satisfactory bag can be made of the above referred to material in which both the warp strands and the weft strands are spaced approximately seven to the inch. About the center of the bag I provide a band or area 8 of relatively finer 'mesh. This is formed in the weaving of the material of which the bag is made by providing a plurality of warp strands 'I which are of a color contrasting with the warp 55 strands I and the weft strands 5. The warp strands I are spaced relatively closer together than the warp strands I which may be described as relatively far apart with reference to the 'strands I are white.

seven to the inch and to space strands 1. A plurality of the adjacent strands I extend parallel and form the strip or area 8 of the bag. In the bag illustrated, the warp strands 4 and the weft strands 5 are brown and the warp This forms a lighter area or band on'which a legend or trademark 8 may be printed. This band is of open mesh material and the produce in the bag may be readilyinspected through the meshes. The closer spacing of the warp strands 1 produces a flner mesh on which the legend or trademark 8 may be printed and it makes the legend stand out more clearly than on the relatively more open mesh of the body portion 3 of the bag.

I have shown the legend printed in red ink on the area or band 6 and have provided warp strands 9 of black outlining the band to provide a margin for the band or area -to improve the appearance of the bag.

I have found that in employing the contrasting color warp strands 'l I can obtain the desired result of a contrasting-color finer-mesh portion to receive a trademark without varying the color of the weft strands 5 or without varying the spacing thereof, although I prefer on. an ordinary 50-lb. bag to space the weft strands about the warp strands of the body similarly while spacing the warp strands 1 about ten. to the inch. Variations from this, it will be evident, may be made without departing from my invention.

The material is woven and folded as shown in Fig. 3 and a line of stitching i0 is provided to seal the edge of the bag. A similar line of stitching is provided for the bottom. This construction is conventional and has not been described in detail.

I desire to claim the same specifically as well as broadly, as pointedout in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

An all open mesh bag for produce or the like having one side at least formed of a plurality of parallel strands spaced relatively far apart and having interwoven therewith and at right angles thereto a group of parallel strands of the same size and color as said first mentioned strands and spaced relatively far apart, and another group of parallel strands of the same size as said first mentioned strands but of a contrasting color spaced apart but relatively closer together than the other strands to form on said side of' the bag a portion of relatively coarse mesh and a v band of relatively finer mesh of a contrasting color and with a legend printed on said band.

JOHN E. Mnmrr. 

